Pictures from Week 22 February 3 to 7

Friday Update February 3 to 7

HAPPY 100 DAY!!!!!!

February 7, 2014 

                                                

Dear Parents,

100 DAYS OF SCHOOL!!!!!!!  Who else can’t believe we have been in school for 100 days already!!!!!  Many of our activities this week centered around 100 day.  We also started our Fairy Tales unit.  It was another great week!!!! J

Here are some things that happened this week. We…

*learned the name, sound, and formation for the letter Ff.

*brainstormed/ listed/cut out words that begin with Ff and wrote them in our alphabet journals.

*added feathers to our feely letter Ff.  Please remember to add this to your feely letter ring and review all of the letters.

*learned the song Five Little Speckled Frogs and made a book based on the song to practice taking one away.

*played with pretend frogs in the sensory table along with our moon sand.

*caught numbered frogs in the water table and ordered them 1 – 20

*painted with feathers. 

*used magnetic fishing poles to catch the letters that the words on our mat started with.

*enjoyed “Fun Friday” on the playground.

*had our February guidance lesson with Mr. Pearson.  Last time we talked about responsibility (big word!) This week we talked about respect.

*Read many different versions of The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf.  We will continue with this fairy tale next week. Ask your cutie what a book should have to be a fairy tale J  (Once upon a time, a good guy/bad guy and happily ever after (or a happy ending of some sort.))

*Painted what we thought we would look like when we are 100 years old.

*Went on a number hunt.

*Measured our feet with cubes after reading “How Big is  a Foot?” about a king making a bed for a queen.

*Practiced writing our numbers to 10

*Counted out 10 of each treat for our 100 day snack using our 100 board.

*Had a visit from ZERO THE HERO and did 100 exercises!

*counted 100 m&m’s for our 100 day cake.

NEXT WEEK

Next week we will be learning the letter Ll, continue with our Fairy Tale unit, and participate in Valentine’s Day activities.

REMINDERS/INFORMATION

*Return library books and blue bags on Monday.

*Check the blog for pictures from this week!

*Ma Laoshi’s Chinese Blog is now attached to the side of my blog so check there for weekly updates on your child’s Chinese class (instead of me sending you her e-mails.)

*Wednesday, February 12:  LATE START DAY for students—10:00am start time.  Also, it is alternate dress day!

* Friday, February 14^th:  VALENTINE’S Day—wear Valentine’s dress to school (red, pink, white, or something with hearts J) and have your Valentine’s done by this day because we are going to pass them out.

Thank you!!!  Have a wonderful weekend!!!!  Lynsey and Aidah

GONG XI FA CAI!!

Happy Chinese New Year!  Gong Xi Fa Cai!!!

We wish all of you a wonderful weekend!!!!!

Have a wonderful long weekend!

January 29, 2014 

                                                

Dear Parents,

It was a short week, but a full one!!!  Our cuties were adorable dressed up today, and enjoyed singing their Chinese songs to the lion dancers as well as the cafeteria staff, LOVED the loud lion dance, and rattled their shakers and bells for our parade! J

We finished up Chinese New Year activities (lanterns, masks and shakers are coming home today in the Friday Folder blue bags), and finished Nursery Rhymes.

I hope you and your family have a restful, wonderful four day weekend, and I will see the cuties back on Monday for another fun week!!!  Happy Chinese New Year!  Gong Xi Fa Cai!

REMINDERS/INFORMATION

*We are in need of large cereal type boxes to make Valentine mailboxes.  Please send in any donations. (Just a heads up J)

*Check the blog for pictures from this week!

* Thursday, January 30^th and Friday, January 31^st:  NO SCHOOL for students—Chinese New Year Holiday.

Thank you!!!  Have a wonderful weekend!!!!  Lynsey and Aidah

Pictures from Week 20 January 20 to 24

Friday Update Jan 24

January 24, 2014 

                                                

Dear Parents,

We have had another exciting and fun week of learning in the yellow starfish classroom!  We have also celebrated a lot of January Birthdays! (and one that happened over our Winter break J)  Happy Birthday Anderson, Suze and Addie! Mango and Jelly are on a big adventure to Ronan’s house this weekend!  They loved staying with Daniel and Jacob, and will celebrate Chinese New Year with Henry.  They love going home with their cuties!!! J

Here are some things that happened this week. We…

*learned the name, sound, and formation for the letter Oo.

*brainstormed/ listed/cut out words that begin with Oo and wrote them in our alphabet journals.

*added ovals to our feely letter Oo.  Please remember to add this to your feely letter ring and review all of the letters.

*had a visit from Dr. Landau and he sang Nursery Rhymes with us! We sang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Hickory Dickory Dock, and the Humpty Dumpty blues.

*painted a picture of cherry blossoms

*made chinese lanterns and decorated happy new year symbols for good luck

*learned about the zodiac animals, and watched a lion dance on youtube from New York so we will be prepared for our real one next week in the ECC

*Read Chinese New Year books (including a favorite called Two of Everything) as well as Nursery Rhyme books (the favorite—the Humpty Dumpty story—it is so cute!)

*practiced our Nursery Rhymes and acted them out

*participated in activities involved Ovals and Opposites

*painted a “still life” of our Orange tree

*weighed the oranges off of our real orange tree and decided how many cubes they weighed.  Then we counted the sections of our oranges and our friends oranges and decided if our orange had more sections or less

VIP CALENDAR

It is now updated on the top tab of my blog.  J

NEXT WEEK

Next week we will review the letters we have learned, and continue with Chinese New activities and Nursery Rhymes.

REMINDERS/INFORMATION

*Return library books on Monday.

*We are in need of large cereal type boxes to make Valentine mailboxes.  Please send in any donations. (Just a heads up J)

*Check the blog for pictures from this week!

*Wednesday, January 29:  Have your child wear Chinese dress or red/gold.  We will be watching a lion dance, participating in a parade through the ECC and singing our CNY songs.

* Thursday, January 30^th and Friday, January 31^st:  NO SCHOOL for students—Chinese New Year Holiday.

Thank you!!!  Have a wonderful weekend!!!!  Lynsey and Aidah